{"id":302610,"date":"2024-05-15T20:04:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/?p=302610"},"modified":"2024-05-15T20:04:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T14:34:22","slug":"boston-based-hedge-fund-accumulates-363000000-million-worth-of-bitcoin-etf-shares-bloomberg-analyst-crypto-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/boston-based-hedge-fund-accumulates-363000000-million-worth-of-bitcoin-etf-shares-bloomberg-analyst-crypto-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Boston-Based Hedge Fund Accumulates $363,000,000 Million Worth of Bitcoin ETF Shares: Bloomberg Analyst &#8211; Crypto News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A Boston-based hedge fund has gobbled up $363 million worth of spot Bitcoin (<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/currencies\/bitcoin\/\">BTC<\/a>) exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares.<\/p>\n<p>Bracebridge Capital has <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1789993013587947765\">reported owning<\/a> $262 million worth of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB), $81 million worth of BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and $20 million worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC), according to Eric Balchunas, a senior ETF analyst at Bloomberg.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1808px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Eric Balchunas\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Bracebridge <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/bracebridge-capital-llc\">reports<\/a> around $12 billion worth of net assets under management (AUM) and is known for managing endowment money for Ivy League institutions, including <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/yaledailynews.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/08\/endowment-thrives-off-little-known-hedge-fund\/\">Yale<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/princo.princeton.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Bloomberg-PRINCO-Article.pdf\">Princeton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to Balchunas, the firm also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricBalchunas\/status\/1789994396940751101\">holds<\/a> significant investments in the biotech firm Alvotech, the holding company Ambac Financial and the security solutions firm ADT.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1514px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/GNdWZkVXMAAOi3v?format=png&amp;name=large\" alt=\"Image\" width=\"1514\" height=\"608\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Eric Balchunas\/X<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the biggest financial institutions in the US have also been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/05\/10\/banking-giant-jpmorgan-chase-holds-760000-in-spot-bitcoin-etfs-new-sec-filing\/\">holding<\/a> spot Bitcoin ETF shares on behalf of their clients:<\/p>\n<p>In a new Form F13\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/19617\/000001961724000369\/xslForm13F_X02\/Information_Table_03.31.2024.xml\">filing<\/a>, which requires institutional investment managers to disclose their holdings, JPMorgan says it holds around $760,000 worth of BTC ETF shares on behalf of its clients, spread across BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust, the ProShares Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITO), Fidelity\u2019s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC), the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust and the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF.<\/p>\n<p>Wells Fargo also <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/2024\/05\/10\/banking-giant-wells-fargo-holds-spot-bitcoin-etf-on-behalf-of-clients-according-to-new-sec-filing\/\">says<\/a> holds 2,245 shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust worth nearly $123,000 at time of writing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Don&#8217;t Miss a Beat \u2013 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/join-the-daily-hodl-email-list\/\">Subscribe<\/a> to get email alerts delivered directly to your inbox <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Check <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailyhodl.com\/crypto-markets\/\">Price Action<\/a><\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 13pt\">Follow us on <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheDailyHodl\">X<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/thedailyhodl\/\">Facebook<\/a> 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Investors should do their due diligence before making any high-risk investments in Bitcoin, cryptocurrency or digital assets. Please be advised that your transfers and trades are at your own risk, and any losses you may incur are your responsibility. The Daily Hodl does not recommend the buying or selling of any cryptocurrencies or digital assets, nor is The Daily Hodl an investment advisor. Please note that The Daily Hodl participates in affiliate marketing.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt\"><em>Generated Image: DALLE3<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Boston-based hedge fund has gobbled up $363 million worth of spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) shares. Bracebridge Capital has reported owning $262 million worth of the ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF (ARKB), $81 million worth of BlackRock\u2019s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and $20 million worth of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust ETF (GBTC), according to Eric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[201,248,251,246,257,255,250,252,247,253,249,256,254],"class_list":["post-302610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-others","tag-blockchain","tag-bsc","tag-chainlink","tag-coin","tag-cryptocurrency","tag-gta","tag-looks-rare","tag-oracle","tag-polygon","tag-quickswap","tag-safe-moon","tag-wallet","tag-wordpress"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302610"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":302613,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302610\/revisions\/302613"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dripp.zone\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}